SB2010113002 - Resource exhaustion in Linux kernel
Published: November 30, 2010
Security Bulletin ID
SB2010113002
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2010-3858)
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to resource exhaustion error. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44301
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=645222
- http://grsecurity.net/~spender/64bit_dos.c
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/22/4
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15619
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/21/1
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0958.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2126
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0004.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42758
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:257
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0070
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1041-1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42789
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0024
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46397
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1b528181b2ffa14721fb28ad1bd539fe1732c583